Category: Rewind

Rewind: May 15, 2023 – “Let’s Go to the Movies!”

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Rewind:  May 15, 2023 Let’s Go to the Movies by Judy Melkonian             In the 1950’s, your film choices are many, such as the American epic, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, the 50’s version starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, and Shirley MacLaine.  For an extraterrestrial sci-fi horror film,…
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Rewind: April 15, 2023 – “Neighborhood Markets of the Bygone Era”

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Rewind:  April 15, 2023 Neighborhood Markets of the Bygone Era by Teri Rogers     The little markets that dotted the neighborhoods of Glens Falls in the early to mid-20th century were busy hubs for local residents. Literally dozens of small grocery stores, “Mom and Pop shops,” thrived around the city and are fondly remembered…
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Rewind: April 1, 2023 – “We Once Shaded the World”

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Rewind:  April 1, 2023 We Once Shaded the World:  The short-lived era of Glens Falls Umbrellas by David Waite In 1895 the veranda of the American Hotel at the corner of South and Glen Streets in downtown Glens Falls was a perfect place to watch people in the city going about their business. Some of those…
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Rewind: March 15, 2023 – “Hidden Behind A Wall”

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Rewind:  March 15, 2023 Hidden Behind A Wall by Cynthia Cameron Town of Stony Creek Historian         Sometimes you find history in the strangest of places. During a recent renovation of Lazy River, a building at 1000 Acres Ranch Resort in Stony Creek, New York, a name was discovered written on a…
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Rewind: February 15, 2023 – “H. F.Binch: Not Just Lace”

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H. F. Binch: Not Just Lace by Teri Rogers          H.F. Binch was established by brothers Herbert and Francis Binch of England in 1885 on Lower Warren Street in Glens Falls. With an original staff of about forty, the company manufactured fine laces, nets, scarves, and veilings.  Over the next hundred years,…
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Rewind: February 1, 2023 – “Soul of the Summits”

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Rewind:  February 1, 2023: SOUL OF THE SUMMITS by Eloise O’Neil Grace’s love affair started when she was sixteen, in June, 1921, not far from home in Minerva. She was wearing, and then ruined her Oxfords.  Black flies were everywhere, and the weather was drizzly and foggy. Her father invited her to go on a…
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Rewind: January 15, 2023 – “Hey Kids! Help Save Our Fighting Men”

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Hey Kids! Help Save Our Fighting Men How Warren County youth supported the war effort in WWII by Dave Waite The move into World War II by the United States brought about many changes for this country’s citizens. The most important was in the lives of the sixteen million men and women who served during…
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Rewind: January 1, 2023 – “Jailhouse Rock: When the Glens Falls High School Dance Band Played Great Meadow Correctional Facility”

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REWIND:  January 1, 2023 – “Jailhouse Rock: When the Glens Falls High School Dance Band Played Great Meadow Correctional Facility” By Teri Rogers     In the spring of 1976, the Glens Falls High School dance band played a concert at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, Washington County. The dance band, which had earned…
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Rewind: December 15, 2022 – “Christmas in Glens Falls”

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Rewind:  December 15, 2022 “Christmas in Glens Falls”   Downtown Glens Falls and Memories of Christmas   (Note:  City Historian Wayne Wright wrote an article on Christmas in the city for a Rewind article in December of 2010.  Using that as a starting point, he has embellished it and added a series of pictures to…
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